Josh Mahoney, a junior at University of Northern Iowa, is a prime example of the logistics conundrum facing both voters and campaigns.

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But a student is what he is, at St Gallen university, and one of the team handling the logistics of what claims to be the world's longest-running student-run management conference.

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Schneider looked to one of the leading practitioners of logistics simulation, Warren Powell, a professor of operations research and financial engineering at Princeton University.

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